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UCR University Council urges 1.5% salary adjustment for all staff, but rector warns it would breach current law

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The University of Costa Rica's council asked the administration to find a way to extend a 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment to 7,000 excluded employees.
  • The rector said the measure could require disregarding the current legal framework, while a union supports its legality.
  • The administration granted the adjustment to 3,000 employees in July, with the Public Employment Law leaving 7,000 others outside it.

The University of Costa Rica's University Council is asking the institution to find a way to give a 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment to 7,000 employees who did not receive it.

The rector's office recognized the adjustment for 3,000 employees in July. Another 7,000 were excluded because of the effects of the Public Employment Law, turning the pay increase into a dispute over how the university can apply it.

The rector warned that extending the adjustment could mean disregarding the current legal framework. A union, however, has defended the legality of applying the increase to the excluded staff.

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